Food... stuff

[rabbitgod]

Savory is what we use in common discussions around my house, with the exact meaning Calleja ascribes to it. It's not slang. It's a real word.

Then again, I'm a bit of a 'foodie', so I expect my food vocabulary to sometimes different from non-foodie folks.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savory
c : pleasing to the sense of taste especially by reason of effective seasoning d : pungently flavorful without sweetness

+1

I grew up with the exact same use of savory.

I'm a bit off a foodie too so maybe that that's where we get it.

And I grew up with a lot of Mexicans so I completely understood the question. Maybe I get it from there.

And of course now I want food.

 

[Rob King]

See ... I've heard (and very occasionally used) the word "savory" as described. But here in Newfoundland, "savory" refers specifically to summer savory, an herb which is fairly widely used. So if someone here were to talk about wanting something savory, they might very well be talking about their grandmother's turkey stuffing.

 

[Calleja]

language is weird

 

[Rob King]

language is weird

Isn't it great? Some of the greatest times I've had bonding with human beings surround my/their efforts to learn their/my language or slang.